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<dt><font face="helvetica, arial"><a href="pexpect.html#spawn">pexpect.spawn</a>(<a href="__builtin__.html#object">__builtin__.object</a>)
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<dt><font face="helvetica, arial"><a href="fdpexpect.html#fdspawn">fdspawn</a>
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<font color="#000000" face="helvetica, arial"><a name="fdspawn">class <strong>fdspawn</strong></a>(<a href="pexpect.html#spawn">pexpect.spawn</a>)</font></td></tr>
    
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<td colspan=2><tt>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;like&nbsp;pexpect.<a href="pexpect.html#spawn">spawn</a>&nbsp;but&nbsp;allows&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;supply&nbsp;your&nbsp;own,<br>
already&nbsp;open&nbsp;file&nbsp;descriptor.&nbsp;For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;you&nbsp;could&nbsp;use&nbsp;it&nbsp;to<br>
read&nbsp;through&nbsp;a&nbsp;file&nbsp;looking&nbsp;for&nbsp;patterns,&nbsp;or&nbsp;to&nbsp;control&nbsp;a&nbsp;modem&nbsp;or<br>
serial&nbsp;device.<br>&nbsp;</tt></td></tr>
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<td width="100%"><dl><dt>Method resolution order:</dt>
<dd><a href="fdpexpect.html#fdspawn">fdspawn</a></dd>
<dd><a href="pexpect.html#spawn">pexpect.spawn</a></dd>
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Methods defined here:<br>
<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-__del__"><strong>__del__</strong></a>(self)</dt></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-__init__"><strong>__init__</strong></a>(self, fd, args<font color="#909090">=[]</font>, timeout<font color="#909090">=30</font>, maxread<font color="#909090">=2000</font>, searchwindowsize<font color="#909090">=None</font>, logfile<font color="#909090">=None</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;takes&nbsp;a&nbsp;file&nbsp;descriptor&nbsp;(an&nbsp;int)&nbsp;or&nbsp;an&nbsp;object&nbsp;that&nbsp;support&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-fileno">fileno</a>()&nbsp;method<br>
(returning&nbsp;an&nbsp;int).&nbsp;All&nbsp;Python&nbsp;file-like&nbsp;objects&nbsp;support&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-fileno">fileno</a>().</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-close"><strong>close</strong></a>(self)</dt></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-isalive"><strong>isalive</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;checks&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;descriptor&nbsp;is&nbsp;still&nbsp;valid.<br>
If&nbsp;os.fstat()&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;raise&nbsp;an&nbsp;exception&nbsp;then&nbsp;we&nbsp;assume&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;alive.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-kill"><strong>kill</strong></a>(self, sig)</dt></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-terminate"><strong>terminate</strong></a>(self, force<font color="#909090">=False</font>)</dt></dl>

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Methods inherited from <a href="pexpect.html#spawn">pexpect.spawn</a>:<br>
<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-__iter__"><strong>__iter__</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;iterators&nbsp;over&nbsp;a&nbsp;file-like&nbsp;object.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-__str__"><strong>__str__</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;the&nbsp;current&nbsp;state&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;pexpect&nbsp;object&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;string.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-compile_pattern_list"><strong>compile_pattern_list</strong></a>(self, patterns)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;compiles&nbsp;a&nbsp;pattern-string&nbsp;or&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;pattern-strings.<br>
Patterns&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;StringType,&nbsp;EOF,&nbsp;TIMEOUT,&nbsp;SRE_Pattern,&nbsp;or&nbsp;<br>
a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;those.&nbsp;Patterns&nbsp;may&nbsp;also&nbsp;be&nbsp;None&nbsp;which&nbsp;results&nbsp;in<br>
an&nbsp;empty&nbsp;list.<br>
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This&nbsp;is&nbsp;used&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect">expect</a>()&nbsp;when&nbsp;calling&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect_list">expect_list</a>().<br>
Thus&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect">expect</a>()&nbsp;is&nbsp;nothing&nbsp;more&nbsp;than::<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cpl&nbsp;=&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-compile_pattern_list">compile_pattern_list</a>(pl)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect_list">expect_list</a>(clp,&nbsp;timeout)<br>
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If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;using&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect">expect</a>()&nbsp;within&nbsp;a&nbsp;loop&nbsp;it&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;more<br>
efficient&nbsp;to&nbsp;compile&nbsp;the&nbsp;patterns&nbsp;first&nbsp;and&nbsp;then&nbsp;call&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect_list">expect_list</a>().<br>
This&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;calls&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;loop&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-compile_pattern_list">compile_pattern_list</a>():<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cpl&nbsp;=&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-compile_pattern_list">compile_pattern_list</a>(my_pattern)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;while&nbsp;some_condition:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;...<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i&nbsp;=&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect_list">expect_list</a>(clp,&nbsp;timeout)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;...</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-eof"><strong>eof</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;True&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;exception&nbsp;was&nbsp;ever&nbsp;raised.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-expect"><strong>expect</strong></a>(self, pattern, timeout<font color="#909090">=-1</font>, searchwindowsize<font color="#909090">=None</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;seeks&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;stream&nbsp;until&nbsp;a&nbsp;pattern&nbsp;is&nbsp;matched.<br>
The&nbsp;pattern&nbsp;is&nbsp;overloaded&nbsp;and&nbsp;may&nbsp;take&nbsp;several&nbsp;types&nbsp;including&nbsp;a&nbsp;list.<br>
The&nbsp;pattern&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;StringType,&nbsp;EOF,&nbsp;a&nbsp;compiled&nbsp;re,&nbsp;or&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of<br>
those&nbsp;types.&nbsp;Strings&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;compiled&nbsp;to&nbsp;re&nbsp;types.&nbsp;This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;the<br>
index&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;pattern&nbsp;list.&nbsp;If&nbsp;the&nbsp;pattern&nbsp;was&nbsp;not&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;this<br>
returns&nbsp;index&nbsp;0&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;successful&nbsp;match.&nbsp;This&nbsp;may&nbsp;raise&nbsp;exceptions&nbsp;for<br>
EOF&nbsp;or&nbsp;TIMEOUT.&nbsp;To&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;the&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;or&nbsp;TIMEOUT&nbsp;exceptions&nbsp;add<br>
EOF&nbsp;or&nbsp;TIMEOUT&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;pattern&nbsp;list.<br>
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After&nbsp;a&nbsp;match&nbsp;is&nbsp;found&nbsp;the&nbsp;instance&nbsp;attributes<br>
'before',&nbsp;'after'&nbsp;and&nbsp;'match'&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;set.<br>
You&nbsp;can&nbsp;see&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;data&nbsp;read&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;match&nbsp;in&nbsp;'before'.<br>
You&nbsp;can&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;data&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;matched&nbsp;in&nbsp;'after'.<br>
The&nbsp;re.MatchObject&nbsp;used&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;re&nbsp;match&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;in&nbsp;'match'.<br>
If&nbsp;an&nbsp;error&nbsp;occured&nbsp;then&nbsp;'before'&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;set&nbsp;to&nbsp;all&nbsp;the<br>
data&nbsp;read&nbsp;so&nbsp;far&nbsp;and&nbsp;'after'&nbsp;and&nbsp;'match'&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;None.<br>
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If&nbsp;timeout&nbsp;is&nbsp;-1&nbsp;then&nbsp;timeout&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;set&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;self.<strong>timeout</strong>&nbsp;value.<br>
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Note:&nbsp;A&nbsp;list&nbsp;entry&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;or&nbsp;TIMEOUT&nbsp;instead&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;string.<br>
This&nbsp;will&nbsp;catch&nbsp;these&nbsp;exceptions&nbsp;and&nbsp;return&nbsp;the&nbsp;index<br>
of&nbsp;the&nbsp;list&nbsp;entry&nbsp;instead&nbsp;of&nbsp;raising&nbsp;the&nbsp;exception.<br>
The&nbsp;attribute&nbsp;'after'&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;set&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;exception&nbsp;type.<br>
The&nbsp;attribute&nbsp;'match'&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;None.<br>
This&nbsp;allows&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;write&nbsp;code&nbsp;like&nbsp;this:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;index&nbsp;=&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['good',&nbsp;'bad',&nbsp;pexpect.EOF,&nbsp;pexpect.TIMEOUT])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;index&nbsp;==&nbsp;0:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_something()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;elif&nbsp;index&nbsp;==&nbsp;1:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_something_else()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;elif&nbsp;index&nbsp;==&nbsp;2:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_some_other_thing()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;elif&nbsp;index&nbsp;==&nbsp;3:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_something_completely_different()<br>
instead&nbsp;of&nbsp;code&nbsp;like&nbsp;this:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;try:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;index&nbsp;=&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['good',&nbsp;'bad'])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;index&nbsp;==&nbsp;0:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_something()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;elif&nbsp;index&nbsp;==&nbsp;1:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_something_else()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;except&nbsp;EOF:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_some_other_thing()<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;except&nbsp;TIMEOUT:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do_something_completely_different()<br>
These&nbsp;two&nbsp;forms&nbsp;are&nbsp;equivalent.&nbsp;It&nbsp;all&nbsp;depends&nbsp;on&nbsp;what&nbsp;you&nbsp;want.<br>
You&nbsp;can&nbsp;also&nbsp;just&nbsp;expect&nbsp;the&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;waiting&nbsp;for&nbsp;all&nbsp;output<br>
of&nbsp;a&nbsp;child&nbsp;to&nbsp;finish.&nbsp;For&nbsp;example:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p&nbsp;=&nbsp;pexpect.<a href="pexpect.html#spawn">spawn</a>('/bin/ls')<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(pexpect.EOF)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print&nbsp;p.before<br>
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If&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;optimize&nbsp;for&nbsp;speed&nbsp;then&nbsp;see&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect_list">expect_list</a>().</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-expect_exact"><strong>expect_exact</strong></a>(self, pattern_list, timeout<font color="#909090">=-1</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;method&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;longer&nbsp;supported&nbsp;or&nbsp;allowed.<br>
It&nbsp;was&nbsp;too&nbsp;hard&nbsp;to&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;and&nbsp;keep&nbsp;it&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;date&nbsp;with&nbsp;expect_list.<br>
Few&nbsp;people&nbsp;used&nbsp;this&nbsp;method.&nbsp;Most&nbsp;people&nbsp;favored&nbsp;reliability&nbsp;over&nbsp;speed.<br>
The&nbsp;implementation&nbsp;is&nbsp;left&nbsp;in&nbsp;comments&nbsp;in&nbsp;case&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to&nbsp;hack&nbsp;this<br>
feature&nbsp;back&nbsp;into&nbsp;their&nbsp;copy.<br>
If&nbsp;someone&nbsp;wants&nbsp;to&nbsp;diff&nbsp;this&nbsp;with&nbsp;expect_list&nbsp;and&nbsp;make&nbsp;them&nbsp;work<br>
nearly&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;then&nbsp;I&nbsp;will&nbsp;consider&nbsp;adding&nbsp;this&nbsp;make&nbsp;in.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-expect_list"><strong>expect_list</strong></a>(self, pattern_list, timeout<font color="#909090">=-1</font>, searchwindowsize<font color="#909090">=-1</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;takes&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;compiled&nbsp;regular&nbsp;expressions&nbsp;and&nbsp;returns&nbsp;<br>
the&nbsp;index&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;pattern_list&nbsp;that&nbsp;matched&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;output.<br>
The&nbsp;list&nbsp;may&nbsp;also&nbsp;contain&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;or&nbsp;TIMEOUT&nbsp;(which&nbsp;are&nbsp;not<br>
compiled&nbsp;regular&nbsp;expressions).&nbsp;This&nbsp;method&nbsp;is&nbsp;similar&nbsp;to<br>
the&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect">expect</a>()&nbsp;method&nbsp;except&nbsp;that&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect_list">expect_list</a>()&nbsp;does&nbsp;not<br>
recompile&nbsp;the&nbsp;pattern&nbsp;list&nbsp;on&nbsp;every&nbsp;call.<br>
This&nbsp;may&nbsp;help&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;optimize&nbsp;for&nbsp;speed,&nbsp;otherwise<br>
just&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect">expect</a>()&nbsp;method.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;called&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-expect">expect</a>().<br>
If&nbsp;timeout==-1&nbsp;then&nbsp;the&nbsp;self.<strong>timeout</strong>&nbsp;value&nbsp;is&nbsp;used.<br>
If&nbsp;searchwindowsize==-1&nbsp;then&nbsp;the&nbsp;self.<strong>searchwindowsize</strong>&nbsp;value&nbsp;is&nbsp;used.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-fileno"><strong>fileno</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;descriptor&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;pty&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;child.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-flush"><strong>flush</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;does&nbsp;nothing.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;here&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;the&nbsp;interface&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;File-like&nbsp;object.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-getwinsize"><strong>getwinsize</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;the&nbsp;terminal&nbsp;window&nbsp;size&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;tty.<br>
The&nbsp;return&nbsp;value&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;tuple&nbsp;of&nbsp;(rows,&nbsp;cols).</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-interact"><strong>interact</strong></a>(self, escape_character<font color="#909090">='<font color="#c040c0">\x1d</font>'</font>, input_filter<font color="#909090">=None</font>, output_filter<font color="#909090">=None</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;gives&nbsp;control&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;process&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;interactive&nbsp;user<br>
(the&nbsp;human&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyboard).<br>
Keystrokes&nbsp;are&nbsp;sent&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;process,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;stdout&nbsp;and&nbsp;stderr<br>
output&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;process&nbsp;is&nbsp;printed.<br>
This&nbsp;simply&nbsp;echos&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;stdout&nbsp;and&nbsp;child&nbsp;stderr&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;real<br>
stdout&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;echos&nbsp;the&nbsp;real&nbsp;stdin&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;stdin.<br>
When&nbsp;the&nbsp;user&nbsp;types&nbsp;the&nbsp;escape_character&nbsp;this&nbsp;method&nbsp;will&nbsp;stop.<br>
The&nbsp;default&nbsp;for&nbsp;escape_character&nbsp;is&nbsp;^].&nbsp;This&nbsp;should&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;confused<br>
with&nbsp;ASCII&nbsp;27&nbsp;--&nbsp;the&nbsp;ESC&nbsp;character.&nbsp;ASCII&nbsp;29&nbsp;was&nbsp;chosen<br>
for&nbsp;historical&nbsp;merit&nbsp;because&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;character&nbsp;used<br>
by&nbsp;'telnet'&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;escape&nbsp;character.&nbsp;The&nbsp;escape_character&nbsp;will<br>
not&nbsp;be&nbsp;sent&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;process.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
You&nbsp;may&nbsp;pass&nbsp;in&nbsp;optional&nbsp;input&nbsp;and&nbsp;output&nbsp;filter&nbsp;functions.<br>
These&nbsp;functions&nbsp;should&nbsp;take&nbsp;a&nbsp;string&nbsp;and&nbsp;return&nbsp;a&nbsp;string.<br>
The&nbsp;output_filter&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;passed&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;output&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;process.<br>
The&nbsp;input_filter&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;passed&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyboard&nbsp;input&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;user.<br>
The&nbsp;input_filter&nbsp;is&nbsp;run&nbsp;BEFORE&nbsp;the&nbsp;check&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;escape_character.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
Note&nbsp;that&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;window&nbsp;size&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;parent<br>
the&nbsp;SIGWINCH&nbsp;signal&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;passed&nbsp;through&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;child.<br>
If&nbsp;you&nbsp;want&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;window&nbsp;size&nbsp;to&nbsp;change&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;parent's<br>
window&nbsp;size&nbsp;changes&nbsp;then&nbsp;do&nbsp;something&nbsp;like&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;example:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;import&nbsp;pexpect,&nbsp;struct,&nbsp;fcntl,&nbsp;termios,&nbsp;signal,&nbsp;sys<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;def&nbsp;sigwinch_passthrough&nbsp;(sig,&nbsp;data):<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;s&nbsp;=&nbsp;struct.pack("HHHH",&nbsp;0,&nbsp;0,&nbsp;0,&nbsp;0)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a&nbsp;=&nbsp;struct.unpack('hhhh',&nbsp;fcntl.ioctl(sys.stdout.<a href="#fdspawn-fileno">fileno</a>(),&nbsp;termios.TIOCGWINSZ&nbsp;,&nbsp;s))<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;global&nbsp;p<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.<a href="#fdspawn-setwinsize">setwinsize</a>(a[0],a[1])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p&nbsp;=&nbsp;pexpect.<a href="pexpect.html#spawn">spawn</a>('/bin/bash')&nbsp;#&nbsp;Note&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;global&nbsp;and&nbsp;used&nbsp;in&nbsp;sigwinch_passthrough.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH,&nbsp;sigwinch_passthrough)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.<a href="#fdspawn-interact">interact</a>()</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-isatty"><strong>isatty</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;True&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;descriptor&nbsp;is&nbsp;open&nbsp;and&nbsp;connected&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;tty(-like)&nbsp;device,&nbsp;else&nbsp;False.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-next"><strong>next</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;iterators&nbsp;over&nbsp;a&nbsp;file-like&nbsp;object.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-read"><strong>read</strong></a>(self, size<font color="#909090">=-1</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;reads&nbsp;at&nbsp;most&nbsp;"size"&nbsp;bytes&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;file&nbsp;<br>
(less&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;read&nbsp;hits&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;before&nbsp;obtaining&nbsp;size&nbsp;bytes).&nbsp;<br>
If&nbsp;the&nbsp;size&nbsp;argument&nbsp;is&nbsp;negative&nbsp;or&nbsp;omitted,&nbsp;<br>
read&nbsp;all&nbsp;data&nbsp;until&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;is&nbsp;reached.&nbsp;<br>
The&nbsp;bytes&nbsp;are&nbsp;returned&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;string&nbsp;object.&nbsp;<br>
An&nbsp;empty&nbsp;string&nbsp;is&nbsp;returned&nbsp;when&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;is&nbsp;encountered&nbsp;immediately.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-read_nonblocking"><strong>read_nonblocking</strong></a>(self, size<font color="#909090">=1</font>, timeout<font color="#909090">=-1</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;reads&nbsp;at&nbsp;most&nbsp;size&nbsp;characters&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;application.<br>
It&nbsp;includes&nbsp;a&nbsp;timeout.&nbsp;If&nbsp;the&nbsp;read&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;complete&nbsp;within&nbsp;the<br>
timeout&nbsp;period&nbsp;then&nbsp;a&nbsp;TIMEOUT&nbsp;exception&nbsp;is&nbsp;raised.<br>
If&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;file&nbsp;is&nbsp;read&nbsp;then&nbsp;an&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;exception&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;raised.<br>
If&nbsp;a&nbsp;log&nbsp;file&nbsp;was&nbsp;set&nbsp;using&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-setlog">setlog</a>()&nbsp;then&nbsp;all&nbsp;data&nbsp;will<br>
also&nbsp;be&nbsp;written&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;log&nbsp;file.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
If&nbsp;timeout==None&nbsp;then&nbsp;the&nbsp;read&nbsp;may&nbsp;block&nbsp;indefinitely.<br>
If&nbsp;timeout==-1&nbsp;then&nbsp;the&nbsp;self.<strong>timeout</strong>&nbsp;value&nbsp;is&nbsp;used.<br>
If&nbsp;timeout==0&nbsp;then&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;is&nbsp;polled&nbsp;and&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if&nbsp;there&nbsp;was&nbsp;no&nbsp;data&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;ready&nbsp;then&nbsp;this&nbsp;will&nbsp;raise&nbsp;a&nbsp;TIMEOUT&nbsp;exception.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
The&nbsp;"timeout"&nbsp;refers&nbsp;only&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;amount&nbsp;of&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;read&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;one&nbsp;character.<br>
This&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;effected&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;'size'&nbsp;parameter,&nbsp;so&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;call<br>
<a href="#fdspawn-read_nonblocking">read_nonblocking</a>(size=100,&nbsp;timeout=30)&nbsp;and&nbsp;only&nbsp;one&nbsp;character&nbsp;is<br>
available&nbsp;right&nbsp;away&nbsp;then&nbsp;one&nbsp;character&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;returned&nbsp;immediately.&nbsp;<br>
It&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;wait&nbsp;for&nbsp;30&nbsp;seconds&nbsp;for&nbsp;another&nbsp;99&nbsp;characters&nbsp;to&nbsp;come&nbsp;in.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;wrapper&nbsp;around&nbsp;os.<a href="#fdspawn-read">read</a>().<br>
It&nbsp;uses&nbsp;select.select()&nbsp;to&nbsp;implement&nbsp;a&nbsp;timeout.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-readline"><strong>readline</strong></a>(self, size<font color="#909090">=-1</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;reads&nbsp;and&nbsp;returns&nbsp;one&nbsp;entire&nbsp;line.&nbsp;A&nbsp;trailing&nbsp;newline&nbsp;is&nbsp;kept&nbsp;in<br>
the&nbsp;string,&nbsp;but&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;absent&nbsp;when&nbsp;a&nbsp;file&nbsp;ends&nbsp;with&nbsp;an&nbsp;incomplete&nbsp;line.&nbsp;<br>
Note:&nbsp;This&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-readline">readline</a>()&nbsp;looks&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;pair&nbsp;even&nbsp;on&nbsp;UNIX&nbsp;because<br>
this&nbsp;is&nbsp;what&nbsp;the&nbsp;pseudo&nbsp;tty&nbsp;device&nbsp;returns.&nbsp;So&nbsp;contrary&nbsp;to&nbsp;what&nbsp;you<br>
may&nbsp;expect&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;receive&nbsp;the&nbsp;newline&nbsp;as&nbsp;\r\n.<br>
An&nbsp;empty&nbsp;string&nbsp;is&nbsp;returned&nbsp;when&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;is&nbsp;hit&nbsp;immediately.<br>
Currently,&nbsp;the&nbsp;size&nbsp;agument&nbsp;is&nbsp;mostly&nbsp;ignored,&nbsp;so&nbsp;this&nbsp;behavior&nbsp;is&nbsp;not<br>
standard&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;file-like&nbsp;object.&nbsp;If&nbsp;size&nbsp;is&nbsp;0&nbsp;then&nbsp;an&nbsp;empty&nbsp;string<br>
is&nbsp;returned.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-readlines"><strong>readlines</strong></a>(self, sizehint<font color="#909090">=-1</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;reads&nbsp;until&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;using&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-readline">readline</a>()&nbsp;and&nbsp;returns&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;containing&nbsp;<br>
the&nbsp;lines&nbsp;thus&nbsp;read.&nbsp;The&nbsp;optional&nbsp;"sizehint"&nbsp;argument&nbsp;is&nbsp;ignored.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-send"><strong>send</strong></a>(self, str)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;sends&nbsp;a&nbsp;string&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;process.<br>
This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;bytes&nbsp;written.<br>
If&nbsp;a&nbsp;log&nbsp;file&nbsp;was&nbsp;set&nbsp;then&nbsp;the&nbsp;data&nbsp;is&nbsp;also&nbsp;written&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;log.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-sendeof"><strong>sendeof</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;sends&nbsp;an&nbsp;EOF&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;child.<br>
This&nbsp;sends&nbsp;a&nbsp;character&nbsp;which&nbsp;causes&nbsp;the&nbsp;pending&nbsp;parent&nbsp;output<br>
buffer&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;sent&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;waiting&nbsp;child&nbsp;program&nbsp;without<br>
waiting&nbsp;for&nbsp;end-of-line.&nbsp;If&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;character&nbsp;of&nbsp;the<br>
line,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-read">read</a>()&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;user&nbsp;program&nbsp;returns&nbsp;0,&nbsp;which<br>
signifies&nbsp;end-of-file.&nbsp;This&nbsp;means&nbsp;to&nbsp;work&nbsp;as&nbsp;expected&nbsp;<br>
a&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-sendeof">sendeof</a>()&nbsp;has&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;called&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;begining&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;line.&nbsp;<br>
This&nbsp;method&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;send&nbsp;a&nbsp;newline.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;responsibility<br>
of&nbsp;the&nbsp;caller&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;the&nbsp;eof&nbsp;is&nbsp;sent&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;beginning&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;line.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-sendline"><strong>sendline</strong></a>(self, str<font color="#909090">=''</font>)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;like&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-send">send</a>(),&nbsp;but&nbsp;it&nbsp;adds&nbsp;a&nbsp;line&nbsp;feed&nbsp;(os.linesep).<br>
This&nbsp;returns&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;bytes&nbsp;written.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-setecho"><strong>setecho</strong></a>(self, state)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;sets&nbsp;the&nbsp;terminal&nbsp;echo&nbsp;mode&nbsp;on&nbsp;or&nbsp;off.<br>
Note&nbsp;that&nbsp;anything&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;sent&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;echo&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;lost,&nbsp;so<br>
you&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;sure&nbsp;that&nbsp;your&nbsp;input&nbsp;buffer&nbsp;is&nbsp;empty&nbsp;before&nbsp;you&nbsp;setecho.<br>
For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;will&nbsp;work&nbsp;as&nbsp;expected.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p&nbsp;=&nbsp;pexpect.<a href="pexpect.html#spawn">spawn</a>('cat')<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.sendline&nbsp;('1234')&nbsp;#&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;see&nbsp;this&nbsp;twice&nbsp;(once&nbsp;from&nbsp;tty&nbsp;echo&nbsp;and&nbsp;again&nbsp;from&nbsp;cat).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['1234'])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['1234'])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.<a href="#fdspawn-setecho">setecho</a>(False)&nbsp;#&nbsp;Turn&nbsp;off&nbsp;tty&nbsp;echo<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.sendline&nbsp;('abcd')&nbsp;#&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;set&nbsp;this&nbsp;only&nbsp;once&nbsp;(echoed&nbsp;by&nbsp;cat).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.sendline&nbsp;('wxyz')&nbsp;#&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;set&nbsp;this&nbsp;only&nbsp;once&nbsp;(echoed&nbsp;by&nbsp;cat)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['abcd'])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['wxyz'])<br>
The&nbsp;following&nbsp;WILL&nbsp;NOT&nbsp;WORK&nbsp;because&nbsp;the&nbsp;lines&nbsp;sent&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;setecho<br>
will&nbsp;be&nbsp;lost:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p&nbsp;=&nbsp;pexpect.<a href="pexpect.html#spawn">spawn</a>('cat')<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.sendline&nbsp;('1234')&nbsp;#&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;see&nbsp;this&nbsp;twice&nbsp;(once&nbsp;from&nbsp;tty&nbsp;echo&nbsp;and&nbsp;again&nbsp;from&nbsp;cat).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.<a href="#fdspawn-setecho">setecho</a>(False)&nbsp;#&nbsp;Turn&nbsp;off&nbsp;tty&nbsp;echo<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.sendline&nbsp;('abcd')&nbsp;#&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;set&nbsp;this&nbsp;only&nbsp;once&nbsp;(echoed&nbsp;by&nbsp;cat).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.sendline&nbsp;('wxyz')&nbsp;#&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;set&nbsp;this&nbsp;only&nbsp;once&nbsp;(echoed&nbsp;by&nbsp;cat)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['1234'])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['1234'])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['abcd'])<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;p.expect&nbsp;(['wxyz'])</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-setlog"><strong>setlog</strong></a>(self, fileobject)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;method&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;longer&nbsp;supported&nbsp;or&nbsp;allowed.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-setmaxread"><strong>setmaxread</strong></a>(self, maxread)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;method&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;longer&nbsp;supported&nbsp;or&nbsp;allowed.<br>
I&nbsp;don't&nbsp;like&nbsp;getters&nbsp;and&nbsp;setters&nbsp;without&nbsp;a&nbsp;good&nbsp;reason.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-setwinsize"><strong>setwinsize</strong></a>(self, r, c)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;sets&nbsp;the&nbsp;terminal&nbsp;window&nbsp;size&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;tty.<br>
This&nbsp;will&nbsp;cause&nbsp;a&nbsp;SIGWINCH&nbsp;signal&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;sent&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;child.<br>
This&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;physical&nbsp;window&nbsp;size.<br>
It&nbsp;changes&nbsp;the&nbsp;size&nbsp;reported&nbsp;to&nbsp;TTY-aware&nbsp;applications&nbsp;like<br>
vi&nbsp;or&nbsp;curses&nbsp;--&nbsp;applications&nbsp;that&nbsp;respond&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;SIGWINCH&nbsp;signal.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-wait"><strong>wait</strong></a>(self)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;waits&nbsp;until&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;exits.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;blocking&nbsp;call.<br>
This&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;read&nbsp;any&nbsp;data&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;child,&nbsp;so&nbsp;this&nbsp;will&nbsp;block&nbsp;forever<br>
if&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;has&nbsp;unread&nbsp;output&nbsp;and&nbsp;has&nbsp;terminated.&nbsp;In&nbsp;other&nbsp;words,&nbsp;the&nbsp;child<br>
may&nbsp;have&nbsp;printed&nbsp;output&nbsp;then&nbsp;called&nbsp;exit();&nbsp;but,&nbsp;technically,&nbsp;the&nbsp;child&nbsp;is<br>
still&nbsp;alive&nbsp;until&nbsp;its&nbsp;output&nbsp;is&nbsp;read.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-write"><strong>write</strong></a>(self, str)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;is&nbsp;similar&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-send">send</a>()&nbsp;except&nbsp;that&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;return&nbsp;value.</tt></dd></dl>

<dl><dt><a name="fdspawn-writelines"><strong>writelines</strong></a>(self, sequence)</dt><dd><tt>This&nbsp;calls&nbsp;<a href="#fdspawn-write">write</a>()&nbsp;for&nbsp;each&nbsp;element&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;sequence.<br>
The&nbsp;sequence&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;any&nbsp;iterable&nbsp;object&nbsp;producing&nbsp;strings,&nbsp;<br>
typically&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;strings.&nbsp;This&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;add&nbsp;line&nbsp;separators<br>
There&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;return&nbsp;value.</tt></dd></dl>

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Data and other attributes inherited from <a href="pexpect.html#spawn">pexpect.spawn</a>:<br>
<dl><dt><strong>__dict__</strong> = &lt;dictproxy object&gt;<dd><tt>dictionary&nbsp;for&nbsp;instance&nbsp;variables&nbsp;(if&nbsp;defined)</tt></dl>

<dl><dt><strong>__weakref__</strong> = &lt;attribute '__weakref__' of 'spawn' objects&gt;<dd><tt>list&nbsp;of&nbsp;weak&nbsp;references&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;object&nbsp;(if&nbsp;defined)</tt></dl>

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